CIA University

CIA University (CIAU) is de primary education faciwity of de U.S. Centraw Intewwigence Agency (CIA). Founded in 2002 and wocated in Chantiwwy, Virginia, de schoow howds courses on various intewwigence-rewated subjects, ranging from chemicaw weapons manufacturing to foreign wanguages. Students incwude CIA new hires, experienced officers, support staff, and individuaws from oder U.S. intewwigence agencies. CIAU does not issue degrees.

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The CIA was founded in 1947 and in 1950 created its first training estabwishment, de Office of Training and Education, uh-hah-hah-hah. In de 1990s, fowwowing de end of de Cowd War, budget cuts forced de CIA to drasticawwy reduce de size and scope of its education programs.[1] During his tenure as Director of Centraw Intewwigence, George Tenet decided de agency needed an expanded training program in order to hewp retain tawented staff.[2] Tenet audorized de creation of a new training schoow soon after de September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and dus CIAU was estabwished in 2002.[1][3] Today, de CIAU campus is wocated widin de Duwwes Discovery office buiwdings in Chantiwwy, Virginia, which were constructed in 2007 and 2010.[4][5]

CIAU trains agency new hires as weww as experienced intewwigence officers, incwuding intewwigence anawysts, intewwigence operations officers, and intewwigence scientists and engineers. The schoow awso trains CIA support officers, such as dose in finance, human resources, or wogistics. Up to 15 percent of de schoow's enrowwment consists of empwoyees from oder U.S. intewwigence agencies such as de Defense Intewwigence Agency and de Federaw Bureau of Investigation. CIAU does not enroww spies, who are typicawwy foreign individuaws not considered intewwigence officers.[1]

The schoow's facuwty consists of professionaw educators awong wif intewwigence experts drawn from widin de agency. Many of de schoow's case studies and exercises are drawn from de CIA's historicaw experience.[1]